Summary

• Elden Ring introduces the Somber Smithing Stone to upgrade weapons, requiring special materials for their full potential.
• The game only has eight Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones, limiting the number of maxed-out special weapons you can have per game cycle.
• Locations like Consecrated Snowfield, Mohgwyn Palace, and Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree are where you can find these rare stones.

Upgrading weapons in a Soulsborne game is almost tradition, but 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring brings a new twist to the formula: the Somber Smithing Stone. All kinds of magic and mass🦋ive weapons are available to fell the huge bosses the game pits you against, but many requir🅘e these special materials to unlock their true potential.

The most potent of these is the Somb🐼er Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone, of which there are only eight in the entirety of the 🌃game. You'll need these Somber Dragon Smithing Stones to max out some of the most powerful weapons in the game, but FromSoft makes you work for it. Fortunately, this list has got you covered with every Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone location in the game. Follow along to find out where they are.

Updated on February 14, 2024, by Marco Vito Oddo: There's a reason finding Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones is so rare, as this resource is used to upgrade your special weapons to the maximum level. That means you can only have eight different special weapons at max level per new game cycle, forcing you to replay the game multiple times to max out all your equipment. That will probably change with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, as in every DLC FromSoftware ever launched for its action RPGs, the studio included more upgrade material for you to experiment with. When that happens, you can expect us to update this list with all the new Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone locations.

8 ♌ Consecrated Snowfield 🗹

Potentially the first Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone you can find in Elden Ring, this is also one of the simpler ones to acquire. Once you have made your way to the Consecrated Snowfield area, which requires 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:two halves of the Haligtree S♕ecret M꧙edallion found on opposite ends of the map, make your way to the Inner Consecrated Snowfield Site of Gꦛrace.

Then, follow the river west until you're invaded by an old friend: Anastasia, the Tarnished Eater! Despite her terrifying name, 🍷she's not too difficult. If you've already faced her in the Smouldering Church and the Corpse-Stench shack, it's essentially the same fight. Take her out for the third time and Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone is yours for the taking.

Aꦯna✤stasi is vulnerable to strike damage and most status effects, such as Bleed.

7 Latenna's Quest

The Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones are not only more challenging to find than the 168澳洲幸运♚5开奖网:regular Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones; they are also generally found in later areas of Elden Ring. A couple of them are even associated with really long quests, like in𓆏 the case of this🍌 one.

You must complete Latenna's Quest in its entirety to get this . That means picking her up at Slumbering Wolf's Shack in Liurnia, then taking her all the way to the Apostate Derelict in the Consecrated Snowfield. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The quest is fairly convoluted, but it's worth completing if you want 🎉to🧔 forge a weapon to kill a god.

6 Mohgwyn Palace ಌ

This Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone is a bit easier to find than some of the others but is tied to the Mohgwyn Palace area — which comes with a slew of extremely dangerous enemies. Most enemies in the area employ some bleed attack. Paying attention to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the status effects used against you is crucia﷽l to obtaining this Somber Ancient Dragon Smith𒁏ing Stone.

The closest site of grace to this Stone is the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint. Make your way up the stairs to a court🔯yard full of red Albinaurics and a single Sanguine Noble. Take them out one by one, and this Somber Ancient Dragon🧸 Smithing Stone is yours.

You can quickly dispose of the whole group of Albinaurics by using area attacks such as the Starscourge Greatswords’s Weapon Art or the Hoarfro𝓰st Stomp.

5 ꦍ Elphael, Brace Of The Haligtree: Prayer Room Chestജ

To get to this Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone, you must progress all the way through the secret Consecrated Snowfield area, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:through Miquella's Haligtree, and onto the Elphael area. Like Mohgwyn Palace, this area is filled with potentially l𝄹ethal enemies, so caution is advised.

Starting from the Prayer Room Site of Grace, follow the ledge until you find descending stairs. Close to the stairs, there is a gazebo with a Heath Beetle that you can reach by jumping down on a column. From the gazebo, your goal is to use another ascending column to reach a small room right above. Inside the room, you'll find the Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone in a 🔜convenient chest.

4 Elphael, Brace Of The Haligtree: Prayer ⛎Room Body

You'll find most Somb💜er Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones in Elden Ring in areas accessed using the secret Haligtree Medallion. Though it is technically optional, it is definitely worth completing these areas if you have a Somber weapon that you wish to upgrade to max level.

This Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing stone is located fairly close to the last, but with a twist. You'll start at the Prayer Room Site of Grace, but you'llᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ want to make your way to the closest tower. Platform across it, and hop down onto the walkway. Be warned, there is a Putrid Ava🅠tar waiting for you. Kill it or sneak past to find the Stone on a body to the far right.

Putrid Avatars are extremely vulnerable to fire. So, bringing spell, pots, and weapons that do fire damage will help you🧸 dispatch of the creature without much trouble.

3 Millicent's Quest

Arguably the most difficult Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone in Elden Ring, this one not only requires you to progress through the entire Haligtree area and to complete the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Millicent quest line, but you also must defeat the most difficult boss in Elden Ring: .

Once you have defeated the boss and obtained the Unalloyed Gold Needle, you return to Malenia's boss arena. There will be a blooming flower here, which you can interact with. This will reward you a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone and , which will cure you of the flame of Chaos.

2 🍌 ಞ Crumbling Farum Azula

You will need a fully upgraded weapon more than ever when you've made your way up to Crumbling Farum Azula, as the enemies and bosses here are some of the most dangerous in Elden Ring. Luckily there are a bunch of regula🅺r Ancie🌳nt Dragon Smithing Stones here, especially this one Somber Stone.

Unfortunately, this one is extremely difficult to get to. St🌸arting at the Dragon Temple Rooftop Site of Grace, you'll have to fight your way past the extremely annoying Stormhawks, all while a dragon rains lightning down upon you. Get past the birds, kill the dragon,༺ and you'll notice a gazebo off to the left. The Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone you find there may just be worth the hell the game put you through.

Instead of fighting the Sꩵtormhawks one by one, rush to the dragon. The Stormhawks that follow you will be caught by the dragon's attacks and die. That way, you focus only on the main threat instead of wasting time evading lighting bolts.

1 🎃 L🎃eyndell, Ashen Capital

After defeating 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Maliketh, the Black Blade, you will be returned to Leyndell, but the city will be covered in ash from the nearby burning Erdtree. Though there is not too much to do at the capital at this point, there is another Somber Anc𒀰ient Dragon Smithing Stone here.

Starting at the main Leyndell, Capital of Ash Site of Grace, follow the dragon towards the west until youꦏ see a building with a climbable ladder. Up top, you will see a gargoyle guarding the Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone on a nearby body. You can fight the Gargoyle, 🌸but it's fairly easy to sneak past and grab it.